The Scarlet Letter

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By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Set in mid-seventeenth century Boston, The Scarlet Letter follows Hester Prynne, a woman condemned by her Puritan community for bearing an illegitimate child. Branded with a scarlet letter A and isolated from society, she faces the challenge of rebuilding her life amid harsh judgement. The unexpected return of her husband, living under an assumed identity, complicates matters further, entwining the lives of Hester, her daughter, her husband, and her secret lover. The novel explores themes of sin, guilt, and resilience in a tightly controlled society.
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Recommended for readers interested in historical and literary fiction, particularly those drawn to themes of morality, social judgement, and psychological depth.

It is the mid-seventeenth century in Boston. Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by members of the Puritan town.

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It is the mid-seventeenth century in Boston. Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by members of the Puritan town. Holding her illegitimate child to her breast, and bearing a bright scarlet letter A embroidered on her bodice, Hester must now struggle to create a new life for herself and her child within this censorious community.

When her missing spouse reappears, reveals himself to her, and takes up residence in town under an assumed identity, Hester, her daughter, her disguised husband, and her clandestine lover are forced to abide in close quarters leading quiet, anguished lives. But the secrets eat away at their keepers, and only the most resolute, the most spiritual rather than the merely religious will survive the fall-out from the affair's exposure.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781435171602

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 December 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Union Square & Co.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 10.0mm

Height: 34.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 272

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Nathaniel Hawthorne

About the Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804. He was educated at the Bowdoin College in Maine (1821 25). Between the years 1825 and 1836, Hawthorne worked as a writer and contributor to periodicals. His first novel, Fanshawe, appeared anonymously, published at his own expense, in 1828. In 1842 he married Sophia Peabody, an active participant in the Transcendentalist movement. His marriage to Sophia provided the inspiration for the noble character of Hester Prynne. He died in 1864.